I.J.NEWS SERVICEROCKFORD, IL - Rockford University has announced the creation of the Puri Business School, in recognition of a $5 million contribution to the University by First Rockford Group Founder and President Sunil Puri. He is a 1982 alumnus and 2013 recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the university.

The Puri Business School is the first named school at the University and will include the Economics, Business and Accounting programs, along with ancillary business related activities. Puri is also noted for donating the 28,ooo square foot building located just to the east of the main campus entrance which will serve as the hub for all related PBS programming at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Puri was born in Bombay and immigrated to the US in 1979 to attend what was then called Rockford College, where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelors in Accounting. President Robert L. Head said of Puri, “As a dedicated Trustee and tireless advocate for Rockford University, he has had occasion to and has proudly promoted and protected the interests of our university; for that we are most grateful.” U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) made a special appearance for the formal announcement of the school at a reception held on Oct. 3.